Joana Vasconcelos ‘honorable’ and ‘proud’ by exposing the Thyssen Museum – Digital Journal

The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos said Tuesday that it is an ‘honor’ may be exposed at the Museum Thyssen in Madrid, one of the most important in the world, and Thursday shows his piece “Strangers in the Night.”

“It’s an important moment, because, despite having already made many exhibitions in Spain – have started my career here, in a Spanish gallery and a group of Spanish artists – be here in Thyssen’s proud, “he told Lusa Portuguese artist.

The piece” Strangers in the Night, “an installation in the form of a huge throne with lights and car headlights and taxis, to the sound of music Frank Sinatra, is exposed at the Museum Thyssen, as part of the 13th Mostra Portuguesa, an initiative of the Embassy of Portugal in Madrid.

“We have a program of works and invited each season bring a work to a museum and I settled it in our collections, for the public to see a work from another museum, but in our context, “he told Lusa Guillermo Solana, artistic director of the Madrid museum.

” Normally we do not do with works of living artists, but when the embassy of Portugal asked us if we wanted to join in the 13th Mostra Portuguese here in Madrid, I could have thought of a work of Ancient Art Museum, but immediately thought of Joana Vasconcelos, “he said.

Guillermo Solana explained that the piece of Joana Vasconcelos’ rests like a glove “in the Pop Art room, despite being” one step further “.

Now alongside big names in the art world the Thyssen, Joana Vasconcelos said it was “a great pleasure and a great honor to play opposite them.”

About “Strangers in the Night”, Joana Vasconcelos says it’s a work that “speaks very fashion as we look at our present and how we want to change our present. “

” The work speaks of prostitution, the way these women are treated and how to exist in our society, as are forgotten and abandoned on the edge of a road. It has to do with human rights, women’s rights and on Gender Equality – it is today – it is important to be able to talk about this, “said the artist

Guillermo Solana, meanwhile. , praised the way the Portuguese artist.

“The Jane is an artist who absolutely excels in international art, with a huge energy. It is a privilege to have you here. It is a great star of international art, “concluded

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